Re: [R] creating named elements of lists on the fly

[Sundar Dorai-Raj]

Ben Shapiro wrote:

HI Folks,

I'm trying to create a list with named elements. Only, I don't know the names of the elements a priori (they come from the data being calculated). Currently, my approach is to create an environment, then assign things to the environement, then as.list the environment to get a list.

Running the code gives, for example:

e2 <- new.env(FALSE, NULL)
assign("dude", 123, env=e2)
assign("chick", 456, env=e2)
as.list(e2)

Error in as.vector(x, "list") : cannot coerce to vector

Is this the best way to make a list like this?

Thanks,
Ben

You can use the "[[" operator for list objects:

nm <- c("dude", "chick")
e2[[nm[1]]] <- 123
e2[[nm[2]]] <- 456

HTH,

--sundar

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